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Wild celebrations are brilliant, the game would be pointless without them. But I really can't see what's wrong with the 11 players going crazy on the pitch, and everyone else going crazy off the pitch? The rule is there for good reason, and contrary to the claim that it's binary, clearly refs...

Which bit, or all of it?

I agree he could (and maybe should) have ignored it in this instance, but you can't say it's a poor law! The ref has to have control over who is allowed on the pitch, and be able to apply sanctions.

If the rule wasn't there (or wasn't enforced for blatant acts like KP's) you'd be giving carte blanche for the whole bench to run on and join in with on-field celebrations, which would be chaos. He was crazy to do what he did, and it's so disappointing because he could have been a weapon for us...

OK that's clear enough. As discussed on here, people do seem to regularly get away with modest encroachment onto the field all the time. But how an experienced player thinks he can run right across the pitch the way KP did when the match hasn't finished is beyond me. I guess he wasn't warned by...

But as per ChiefDave's post (#220), the rule relating to a substituted player going on the pitch (which is different from the cases you have quoted) states that 'appropriate disciplinary action' should be taken, which does involve discretion.

Never enjoyed one more, that's for sure!

I still can't defend KP doing what he did, but now you've posted this it does seem that the ref wasn't actually REQUIRED to book him, although he was entitled to if he thought it 'appropriate'. Was the ref applying the wrong rule, and does this warrant an appeal? Pretty sure it would be futile...

It wasn't after the game?

I can't really agree with you on this one. If you're not playing you can't run across the pitch during the match, which is surely obvious from schoolboy level upwards. KP has put himself out of this big game, which is sad for him and bad for the team.

We were absolutely exceptional in our mediocrity though :)

It's just probability. Over a period of about 20 years, the vast majority of clubs will have been in a playoff or JPT-type final somewhere along the way.

I reckon blocks 6-9 inclusive is 3500+ Will we ever be obliged to give more than that to the away club?

Ah, I see what you are saying. But aren't we heading towards filling the place with STs, in which case there'd be nowhere to move people to if their seats had to be re-allocated to visitors. I wonder if they have calculated that Block 9 (not mentioned in the club's news release) is big enough...

Maybe consider it this way (and looking beyond this season, which they have to). If they put home fans in 6/7/8, it effectively extends the main stand (and its atmosphere). By giving 10/11/12/13 to home fans, there’s the potential for the corner atmosphere to extend.

Genuinely not sure what you mean by this, but if a few thousand (presumably ST holders in the South Stand?) can’t sit in their normal seat, where would they be moved to?

Might there be occasions (cup matches?) when the rules oblige us to allocate more than blocks 6/7/8 to the visitors, and if so could that affect our ability to sell Season Tickets in the rest of the South Stand?

Looks to me like we are simply reclaiming a prime part of the Arena for City fans, which can only be a good thing. At Highfield Road, the away fans were moved to various different parts of the ground over the years. It never stopped the West End being the West End, or prevented the...

If the whole squad was like that I'd run for the hills :D

I've always rated Sheaf but I can't find any written proof. Does that count?